Sr. Production Planner

Novolex; Lake Forest (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Novolex, a leading packaging manufacturer, is seeking a Senior Production Planner for a hybrid role in Lake Forest, IL. You will translate supply plans into actionable plant schedules and lead weekly S&OE discussions with stakeholders across the organization.

You will own product line planning, identify capacity opportunities, and drive improvements while partnering with manufacturing and sales teams. Strong ERP/MRP experience and APICS certification are valued.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a relevant field.
• APICS or IBF certification preferred.
• ERP experience required.
• MRP experience and understanding preferred.
• Experience with Advanced Planning Software; Blue Yonder preferred.
• Analytical capability with Excel and databases.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Strong judgement and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate across multiple production sites to assess capacity and capability.
• Manage multi-step, multi-facility production to hit target inventory.
• Drive continuous improvements to the S&OE process.
• Own a product category/line across business units.
• Review plans with manufacturing and balance sourcing across sites.
• Plan timelines for promotions from concept to production.
• Coordinate cross-functional responses to material issues.
• Develop execution plans for outages, new products, and inventory builds.
• Clean up data in ERP systems.
• Serve as primary liaison between plants and customer service/sales.
• Participate in capacity and asset investment meetings.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Databases

Data interpretation

Insights communication

Business judgment

Travel flexibility

Education

BA/BS degree

APICS or IBF certification

Tools

ERP systems

MRP

Blue Yonder

Advanced Planning Software

Job description

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

This is a hybrid position.

Job Summary

The Senior Production Planner is the focal point for both Master Planning and Supply Planning for their production line. This person is responsible for translating supply plans for their products and customers into actionable schedules for the plants to execute on. The Senior Production Planner will lead the day-to-day decision making for their product line(s), as well as looking further out to identify capacity opportunities or concerns. This highly impactful and visible role will communicate and present with stakeholders and leaders across the organization. This person will be a key owner of the weekly S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution) process.

Location

• Preference: Lake Forest, IL or Franklin OH

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Work with multiple production sites to understand production capability, capacity and other considerations
• Manage multi-step, multi-facility production process to achieve target inventory levels
• Drive continuous improvements to the S&OE process
• Be responsible for a product category/line across multiple business units
• Meet with Manufacturing stakeholders to review production plans, address constraints, and balance sourcing and loading between sites
• Plan timelines for Promotional needs for end to end process from graphic approval to production completion
• Coordinate the cross-functional response when significant service or raw material issues occur
• Develop execution plans for significant planned outages, new products, inventory builds, and other events
• Perform data clean-up in the ERP system
• Primary contact between the plants and customer service/sales
• On a regular basis participate in meetings regarding capacity and capability of assets in scope and investment needs

Requirements

• Relevant BA/BS degree
• APICS or IBF certification preferred
• ERP experience required
• MRP experience and understanding preferred
• Experience with Advanced Planning Software tools; experience with Blue Yonder preferred
• Analytical capability
  • Advanced Excel
  • Databases
  • Ability to translate data into information and conclusions
  • Ability to communicate the impact of the analysis
• Strong judgement and confidence and business understanding to make decisions and challenge stakeholders
• Ability to communicate with business partners at different locations and different leadership levels
• Ability to travel (up to 10%)

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Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact [e-mail].

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